When Austrian electronics manufacturer AT&S began considering Malaysia for its next-generation substrate plant in 2020, Penang appeared the obvious destination. But there was one problem: there was not enough land. The company
by Our Correspondent in Singapore Dozens of Sri Lankan passengers, along with others aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH705, narrowly avoided a potentially catastrophic engine fire shortly after takeoff from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino
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A senior journalist from Malaysiakini, one of Malaysia’s leading news outlets, has been arrested on suspicion of soliciting bribes, just a week after publishing an exposé on a migrant trafficking cartel operating
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In an interview with the Financial Times, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sought to reassure the global community about the future of international trade under the incoming Trump administration. While acknowledging the
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Editorial Note: The following speech, delivered by High Commissioner Badli Hisham Adam during Malaysia’s 67th Independence Day celebrations, reflects the profound spirit of national unity and his dedication to strengthening Malaysia-Sri Lanka
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Malaysia’s stronger-than-expected growth in the second quarter has led the Fitch research house to revise up its 2024 growth forecast for the Southeast Asian country to 4.7 percent from 4.4 percent. BMI
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Malaysia unveiled its national semiconductor strategy (NSS) on Tuesday with an eye on boosting the sector in the country, attracting high-value investments and widening collaboration with international partners. The key thrust of
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Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar was sworn in as Malaysia’s 17th king in a ceremony at the national palace in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. In a televised ceremony Ibrahim took his oath and
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Some jokes are bad. Some are tasteless. But to Malaysia’s government and large numbers of its social media users, comedian Jocelyn Chia’s jokes in June about the Southeast Asian country were beyond the pale.
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“For the first time in Malaysia’s history we are facing a hung parliament,” Pearl Lee, Managing Editor of Kuala Lumpur-based news website, Twentytwo13 told Sri Lanka Guardian in an exclusive interaction from
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A Mossad network in the country, whose runners are believed to be locals, is understood to be headed by a local woman in her mid-30s, a Kuala Lumpur-based daily newspaper, New Straits
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